Cortes v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming an excessively lengthy postconviction motion where the evidence of guilt was strong, and defendant’s claims of innocence were implausible and weak
• “Where a movant files an initial brief, and fails to establish that the claim can be amended in good faith, this court will not remand the matter.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-20· cited 2×
• St. James v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-05-23· cited 2×
• Renaldo Leon Winters v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-09-14
• BENJAMIN GINIEBRA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-04-22
• William Worth Watson v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-09-21
• State of Florida v. Robert Jean Morris
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-03-06
• Michael Edward Norman v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-05-20

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Spera v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-01· cited 504×
• Doorbal v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-02-14· cited 96×
• Atwater v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-06-07· cited 57×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-07-10· cited 49×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-02-10· cited 49×
• Hammond v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-24· cited 45×
• Oquendo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-11-26· cited 27×
• Gidney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-03-15· cited 18×
• Mancino v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-06-17· cited 7×